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The Old Testament recognizes that poverty is sometimes due to laziness, gluttony, or extravagance, but usually attributes it to the sins of others. — John Stott (Authentic Christianity) You’ve heard these expressions: Like mother like daughter Like father like son The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree These proverbs have been found in many [...]

Beautiful Delilah, sweet as apple pie Always gets a second look from fellas passin’ by Everytime you see her she’s with a different guy Beautiful Delilah, that’s the reason why — “Beautiful Delilah” © 1958 Chuck Berry As this metaphor continues it grows more and more disturbing. To be frank, the explicit sex and brutal [...]

If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? — Hebrews 10:28-29 (The Message) Ezekiel took 14 verses to explain the helpless plight of the baby/young [...]

He has saved me by his death; he has washed me with his blood; he has hid me in his wounds. — Charles Wesley (Journal Friday May 19th, 1738) The young girl, has a new problem. In the first six verses of this chapter, the child was discarded by her parents and left naked to [...]

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! — French Guard, Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail “Your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite” (v. 3, NRSV), reads a verse at the beginning of the longest allegory in Ezekiel. In fact, the length of chapter 16 exceeds 6 [...]